MURFREESBORO — Detectives are hoping someone will come forward and help identify the man who was found dead from a bullet wound Friday morning in the parking lot of The Vie, a student apartment complex near MTSU.

“The victim has not been identified,” Murfreesboro Police Major Clyde Adkison told The Daily News Journal. Investigators are waiting to hear from TBI about the victim’s fingerprints.

“I’m sure there was someone out there who definitely knows who he is,” Adkison said. “We hope they will contact the detectives.”

The incident took place shortly before 5 a.m. Friday, when police were called to The Vie, formerly Raiders Ridge, apartments on Wenlon Drive in reference to shots fired.

“Upon our arrival at 4:55 a.m., witnesses stated an unknown black male was lying in the parking lot between the Number 3 and Number 5 buildings,” said Adkison in a news release from the Murfreesboro Police Department on Friday.

Witnesses saw a dark-colored vehicle fleeing the scene, Adkison said. Officers observed the vehicle in the immediate vicinity and conducted a traffic stop. The driver had been shot in the leg and was transported to Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital emergency room.

Adkison told The DNJ the man who had been shot was taken into custody, but he would not confirm whether he is a suspect in the parking lot shooting.

“He has been arrested on unrelated charges,” he said.

Rutherford County Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of the suspect(s). Crime Stoppers operates from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and may be contacted at 615-893-STOP (7867).